We at Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) teamed up with Slow Food in the Tetons for the Farm to Fork Festival in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Friday and Saturday, October 2 and 3! On Friday night October 2 we are hosting…
Wyoming
Tyler Lindholm Joins FTCLDF as New Board Member
We are pleased to announce our newest Board member, Wyoming Representative Tyler Lindholm. Tyler sponsored and passed the Wyoming Food Freedom Act, providing freedom for direct producer to consumer purchase of food in Wyoming. After five successful years, this Act remains…
Wyoming Expands Food Freedom Act
On March 6 Governor Matt Mead (R) signed two different bills into law that further expand sales of unregulated foods from producer direct to consumers in Wyoming. The bills are House Bill 129, sponsored by Representative Tyler Lindholm
Reclaiming Our Traditional Foodways
For the majority of this country’s history, unregulated farmer-to-consumer direct commerce was the norm in most of the United States. Consumers could even purchase meat, a food heavily regulated today, from farmers that were not
Will USDA Break Food Freedom’s Back in Wyoming? Don’t Bet On It
On September 21st, agents of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), who refused to identify themselves to some of the people present, appeared at a Wyoming farmers market to inspect vendors and forced